According to SMM survey statistics, the operating rate of the secondary aluminium alloy industry in September was 35.0 per cent, up 3.1 percentage points M-o-M but down 6.7 percentage points Y-o-Y. Industry production continued its recovery trend, but the overall operating level remained below the same period last year. On the demand side, September marked the traditional peak consumption season, with downstream orders recovering from August. End-use demand from automobiles and other sectors improved marginally, but the peak season effect has yet to fully materialise. According to CAAM data, automobile production in September was 2.99 million units, up 11.4 per cent M-o-M but down 8.7 per cent Y-o-Y. NEV production was 1.814 million units, up 12.2 per cent Y-o-Y. CAAM noted that China's...
Europe’s aluminium scrap exports to the US have risen by 243 per cent, highlighting a growing concern over the continent’s access to strategic raw materials as it pursues recycling, decarbonisation and industrial competitiveness. Evangelos Mytilineos, Executive Chairman of METLEN, raised the issue, linking scrap outflows to the broader challenges facing European industry, energy security and strategic autonomy. Aluminium scrap outflows raise industrial concerns Mytilineos referred to the contrasting US tariff treatment of aluminium products, i.e., a 50 per cent tariff on primary aluminium, compared with zero tariff on scrap . With European aluminium scrap exports to the US increasing by 243 per cent, he questioned whether Europe could strengthen its industrial base while allowing valuable...
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Recycling is proven to be more of a need than a cause for concern in the socio-economic climate of today when the world is buzzing with issues like a growing global population, rising carbon emissions, rising energy expenses, and a scarcity of feedstock. And aluminium as a metal is considered to be 100 per cent recyclable and also maintains its original purity throughout recycling is aluminium. To begin with, Hydro’s latest “Green Financing Framework" enables Hydro to offer green financial products and financing tools associated with its sustainability goals and initiatives. As part of its most recent recycling campaign, the German grocery chain Aldi debuted its ongoing "reverse vending machine" trial for the second time in an Irish shop in North Cork. Customers can now easily recycle...
Saperatec is, at this moment, engrossed in constructing its first recycling plant in Germany, specialising in composite packaging in addition to segregating thin layer composite materials from aluminium barriers during its exceptional recycling process. Saperatec is working with composite flexible packaging materials and aluminium foil barriers alongside plastics and aluminium retrieved from beverage cartons. The company resuscitates these materials and aims to recycle them separately while keeping their composition and value intact. As Saperatec claims, the mechanical process does not stain the compound nor pollute the processed material so that it can be reused again for making safe cartons or aluminium cans. Moreover, the method uses chemicals provisioned under the EU food contact...
Hydro’s green and sustainability-linked financing framework has been created as a part of the company’s dedication to sustainability. The framework enables Hydro to provide green financial products and financing instruments connected to its aims and efforts in sustainability. The "Green Financing Framework," aims to raise money to support Hydro's environmentally friendly business ventures and the inherent ability of Hydro's products to help the shift to a low-carbon economy. This framework has been designed to assist the issuing of green financing instruments and financial products that are linked to sustainability. It also has a second-party opinion from CICERO Shades of Green. The Green Bond Principles (GBP) published in June 2021 by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)...
On July 19, Steel Dynamics Inc. headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana announced an investment of US$2.2 billion to construct a flat rolled mill for recycled aluminium alongside two satellite recycled aluminium slab units to aid in production. The firm has confirmed that the mill harnesses the capacity to produce almost 650,000 tonnes of completed profiles, each year. The flat-rolled mill has land allotted in the Southeastern regions of the USA, with no specifications released about the address yet. The manufactured profiles at the unit would be utilized vastly by the automotive sector, some common alloy industries and beverage packaging facilities looking for sustainability. SDI is an international provider of work solutions and acts as an employee portal. It has been estimated that the...
Novelis Inc., a leading producer of aluminium flat-rolled products and the world’s largest recycler, is on the way to boost its recycling game. The company announced on Tuesday, July 19, that it entered a strategic partnership with Sortera Alloys, Inc., intending to take advantage of the latter’s advanced sorting technologies to recycle and re-use higher amount of automotive post-production and post-consumer scrap. It is usually difficult to sort and separate mixed aluminium alloys into individual ones after the automakers’ stamping process or when a vehicle is disposed at the end of its lifecycle. But with the use of Sortera’s advanced technologies, Novelis will be able to separate the mixed scrap into individual alloys and recycle them back into the original product. This will enable...
The German grocery brand, Aldi has introduced its current ‘reverse vending machine’ trial for the second time in a North Cork store in Ireland, as a segment of its latest recycling initiative. Consumers can easily return their bottles and aluminium cans followed by Aldi giving the collected earnings to a selected charity. The German supermarket chain has vouched to donate £1,000 each month to the Irish children’s charity, namely Barnardos. After the first successful mounting of a recycling unit in Mitchelstown’s Aldi store, Cork is going to witness a surge in new machine instalments across various stores around the region in the upcoming months. A second installation has been completed in the Mallow shop strengthening the company’s green initiative. From July 18, consumers are being...
Pulp and paper industry head from Finland, Stora Enso has partnered with Tetra Pak in scrutinizing a joint beverage packages recycling scheme that would house a specialized venture in Langerbrugge for extracting fiber and making recycled containerboard, with a dedicated partner chipping in for recycling the polymer and aluminium barrier materials. Every year almost 75,000 tonnes of beverage cartons are recovered out of the Benelux market or technically Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg but there is no prevailing carton recycling infrastructure in the vicinity. This has influenced the joint venture between Stora Enso and Tetra Pak who are now focused on serving the country with its augmented paper-based packaging demand. Stora Enso would methodically extract fiber from the collected...
The recycling sector has seen a sudden boom in the past few years with major companies turning towards sustainability. Mitchell Avenue’s Weston Aluminium suffered a grave trauma on July 12 as molten aluminium was spilt at the Kuri Kuri smelter, later to be controlled by state firefighters. It is a miracle that no major harm was reported by the workers and the decapitated area of the smelter would be taken care of by the authorities soon. On July 8, Hydro declared that it has already begun the up-gradation programme at its aluminium recycling plant in Rackwitz, Germany. The project will require about EUR 40 million to produce 25,000 tonnes of HyForge billet per year, opening new ways for the application of post-consumer, end-of-life scrap. Nestlé breathing high on environmental issues has...
The AMAG Al4®ever rolled and cast aluminium products meet a specific footprint limit of less than four tonnes of CO2 per tonne of aluminium produced. For selected applications, the AMAG Al4®ever star product line guarantees a footprint of less than two tonnes of CO2 per tonne of aluminium produced. As a result, there is a significant reduction in CO2 emissions when compared to conventionally manufactured products. Al4®ever categories can only be achieved using high recycled content and hydroelectric power to produce primary aluminium. With AMAG's recycling expertise coupled with state-of-the-art electrolysis technologies, this can be ensured. AMAG is a world leader in aluminium recycling, with state-of-the-art production and environmental facilities in Ranshofen, and scrap input rates of...
Nestlé breathing high on environmental issues has declared that the coffee capsules from its luxury brand, ‘Starbucks at Home’ by Nespresso are made out of 80 per cent recycled aluminium. The company is on a quest to transform all of its packing materials into 100 per cent recyclable or reusable products by 2025 and this might be a very calculated move towards sustainability. The people of Cape Town are in for a desirable surprise as their concerns about wastage and pollution in the neighbourhood would be taken care of after wise implementation of the company’s scheme. Aluminium is an infinitely recyclable material that acts as a boon for the company as its production process will also require less energy. Moreover, this is the first time that Nestlé is using recycled aluminium in the...
Urban mining is the process of removing non-ferrous metals, like aluminium, copper, lead, and zinc, from electronic trash and other wastes that are primarily produced in urban areas. To make deep-seated minerals such as zinc, lead, and copper more accessible, the minerals and metals industry is urging the government to create a new urban mining policy and add a specific clause to the current regulations. “We have to introduce in India a concept called urban mining. We sell around 4 million tonne of aluminium. Out of this, more than 60% is recycled aluminium. In fact, most of the big companies in the world today, including us, are investing heavily into recycling, which is the whole concept of urban mining,” said Satish Pai, managing director of Hindalco. The government should promote...
On Tuesday, July 12, a major accident was reported at Weston Aluminium on Mitchell Avenue. The molten aluminium that had spilt at the Kuri Kuri based smelter was, however, brought under control by the firefighters. The firefighters arrived at the spot at around 11.30 pm, where they discovered a substantial pour of molten aluminium. “There was a spill of molten aluminium which was really concerning for firefighters because molten aluminium is very, very hot. Fortunately it was contained. A significant area of concern was the actual heat of the aluminium and if we applied water that turning to steam straight away and creating bigger problems. Firefights did cool and contain the area around with advice from our hazardous materials experts and the on-site technicians as well," said NSW...
On 12 th July 2022, the Board of Directors of Befesa S.A. appointed Javier Molina, the present Chief Executive, as the Executive Chairperson of Befesa, while the working Vice President of the Steel Dust Recycling Business, Asier Zarraonandia is promoted as the CEO of Befesa. The current Chairman of the Board has been appointed as the Lead Independent Director and abides as Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. However, the company has reported that all the changes are with immediate effect. In his capacity as chairman of the board of directors of Befesa and executive chairman, Javier Molina will represent Befesa to regulators, authorities, and shareholders. Befesa's corporate strategy will be implemented by him, covering growth projects, the Sustainable Global Growth Plan...
Ireland’s first and only canned water brand Well uses water originating from the country and packs it locally. Well has now collaborated with Every Can Counts to build a circular recycling scheme for aluminium cans. Recycling non-profit organisation Every Can Counts signed a deal of partnership with Well. at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, during the Wellfest event to collect used aluminium cans of the company and recycle them. Well. was founded in Dublin by brothers Mark and Conor Ralph and entrepreneur John O'Sullivan in 2021. With successful launches around convenience stores around the capital, Well aluminium cans are now being stored in bars, restaurants and other retail places. The co-founder of Well, Mark Ralph, emphasised: "Wellbeing is central to our company, for both our...
Wolverhampton Council is the first local government body in the West Midlands to partner with Podback, a not-for-profit coffee pod recycling service that takes care of used aluminium and plastic coffee pods. This latest inter-city Podback scheme will aid the council’s goal of reducing waste, increasing the recycling rate and retrieving carbon waste to help balance climate disruptions. The city has opened its arms to two household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) for Podback’s collection drive, where both plastic and aluminium can be stuffed to be recycled later, situated at Anchor Lane and Shaw Road. Users can casually bring used pods to collection zones and accumulate them in special collectors placed by Podback. If somehow a person is unable to reach one of the city’s recycling centres,...
On Friday, July 8, Hydro announced that it broke ground this week to mark the start of the expansion work of its aluminium recycling plant in Rackwitz, Germany. The project will require around EUR 40 million of investment to produce 25,000 tonnes of HyForge per year, increasing the use of post-consumer, end of life scrap. Eivind Kallevik, Executive Vice President for Hydro Aluminium Metal, said: “With more automotive customers putting emphasis on sustainability, we are taking this break through step at Rackwitz to produce aluminium HyForge products, resulting in even smaller diameter billets, while ensuring a best-in-class climate footprint by using a high share of post-consumer scrap in the process." He added, "The business case shows that it is not only profitable, but it also has an...
Runaya Group has been felicitated as the Winner of the ‘Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award’ for the year 2022, adding another acclamation to its cap for innovative technology of Briquettes made from Aluminium Dross, at the Runaya Refining LLP. Hon'ble Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India and former Chairman, National Human Rights Commission of India and National Commission for Constitutional Reforms, presided over the award ceremony. Runaya’s vision is to deploy cutting-edge technology to enable innovation, sustainability, and efficiency improvement in the natural resources industry. Jagannath Prasad, the COO of Runaya Refining LLP said, “This award corroborates the fact that we are continuously striving to bring innovation and technology at par at...
Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation is keen on forming a circular economy module where scrap metals and other essential wastes would act as a tertiary resource for recycling and reuse. While answering questions posed by the MP of Akan, Yao Gomado, in the parliament, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Kwaku Afriyie commented: “No matter the source, these recyclable materials should be free of contamination.” During a parliamentary session, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akan raised valid questions in front of the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, like, as what initiatives were been formulated to stop producers of cooking utensils from using old aluminium components and e-wastes in place of...
